Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-04
EUR0PE'S EARTHQUAKE E,
THE LOSS OFtLlFe NOW PLACED Ar
TWO THOUSAND.
Two Slight shocks Felt at Nice Yesterday
1000 People Killed in one Dis
lighthouses lettering and Fall
ing-Much Excitement.

IoNDON, req. 4.-lWO sharp shocks OF
earthquake have been felt in Corsica. A
number of persons were wounded An
inmate of the convent of the Holy Sacra-
ment at Nice died from fright. The shocks
affected Il wide eccentric area. The first
shock occurred at $3.50 O'Clock and the last
at 10 O'clock. Up to the present time The
accounts are vague and conflicting but
there seems to have been no damage done
in inland towns. The earthquake was felt
throughout Diguria and Piedmont, but
the wires are broken and news travels
slowly. People everywhere spend the
night in the open air
AT Leghorn the earthquake had "A strong
undulatory movement accompanied by
many underground rumblings, and lasted
twelve seconds. At Genoa, Turin and
! Milan the effects were similar At Lucca
the shock lasted 40 seconds. At Genoa il
| lasted one minute and created the great
est excitement, but SO far as ascertained
| no damage was caused.
| ROME, Feb 2i.-Details have been re-
ceived this morning of the results of the
earthquakes yesterday showing that the
! effects were far more serious than WAS
thought. The loss of life and destruction
OF property was terrible. The most start.
! ling news comes from the Genoesc
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that district.
NEW YORK Feb. pa Nice correspon-
dent says All the houses swayed to and
fro like cradles, and from the chimney
tops to the foundations the walls cracked.
Women, shrieking like manacs, appeared
at the windows in their night dresses
The sky seemed to be all in flames. 1t
glared with a blood red color. Two more
shocks succeeded each other at brief inter
walls, and the entire population rushed
frantically into the streets, all in their
night dresses. Men, women aud children
lostled against one another. Fashionable
beauties were cheek by jowl with beggars
and servants. Each was fully confident
that the last hour had come.
The first house to fall was No : Rue
Paganni. The roof crushed in just as the
Countess Rna Barda, who occupied an
apartment on the fifth story, was in the
act of jumping out of the window. The
countess had her right thigh fractured
and her head was split open. She now
lies in the hospital between life and death.
Nine. Cheylan, who lived in the same
apartment, was killed outright, and her
mangled remains have just been pulled
from beneath the heap of ruins. The
villa Natha, in the Rue ST. Etienne,
crumbled to atoms, but five ladies and
men who occupied it escaped miraculously
by jumping out of the windows, and they
only incurred slight injuries
On the heights around CimieZ 1000
American, English and Russians are en-
camped, the military authorities having
placed tents at their disposal. A battalion
OF infantry patrol the streets and Sentinels
pace up and down in front of the villas
and shops. All the cabs and omnibuses
are turned into habitations, and command
fabulous prices. a cab for the night
costs 800 francs. The railway station is
literally besieged Everybody is trying to
get away. Six thousand passengers LETT
to-day for Paris and 1000 for Italy. With
the exception of Mr.. Halfway, no Amer
cans have been injured, but are terribly
frightened.
AT Mentone nearly all the houses have to
be rebuilt. The Villas Cipoline and Moli-
nary in falling killed three workmen and
wounded several others. At Cannes the
shock was very slight, shaking the houses
harm there. At Cuneo eight persons were
Killed and twenty eight We're wounded. AT
Fort Maurice eight were wounded aud
one was killed, but there are no Ameri-
cans among the dead or wounded.
ROME, Feb. 24.-Reports of disasters
continue to arrive The total number of
deaths reported up to the present time is
about 2OOO
NICE, Feb. 24-Sixty houses here are
lettering and are ready to fall from yes
terdays earthquakes, many others are
much damaged Two persons were killed
and 10 injured here.
PARIS Feb. 24-Two slight shocks of
earthquake were felt to-day at Nice and
Cannes, but no injury was done Yester-
days disturbances Killed 4 persons and
injured at Bar, and killed 2 and injured
Fat Bollene. At Savona two houses fell
killing perssns and injuring ID.
The frightened People still Fleeing the
Country.
GeLoa say the populace slept out doors
last night, Many persons went on board
the ships in the harbor and. &c, 900 fled
from the city by rail. At house near
Dlano Marine Il ball was proceeding
when the shock came. The building was
completely wrecked and terrible loss of
life resulted. The dancers lay dead in
heaps upon the ground. Many of the
houses destroyed had large tanks
underneath them which were filed with
new olive oil intended for expectation to
franceand Germany. A party of soldiers
While exploring the ruins found Judge
Rossi lying beneath mass of debris He
was still alive. While the men were try
ing to eXtricate him beam fell killing the
Judge and wOundng one of the soldiers
Fifteen thousand persons have left Nice
and the exodus continues.
Through the Riviera the railway sta
| tons are thronged with people anxious to
get away. During Wednesdays panic Il
French countess gave birth to child i'll
the public gardens at Nice.
Grooming Victims Left Buried in the
Debris-Relief From the Government.
ROME, Feb. 7.-Heartrending details of
the disasters caused by the earthquake
continue to arrive at Diano Marine; to-day,
a child - years old and her father were eX-
trcated from the debris, when the latter
expired upon the spot. The survivors at
Diano Marine say the majority of the We
Tins were killed by the second shock, the
people having reentered their houses to
procure clothing. The sum of $4,000 has
been found in the ruins there. Signor
Genala, minister of public works, has
visited Bajardo and attended the funeral
of 23O victims of a church collapse, who
We're buried in common trench in the
cemetery. He also made arrangements
for a temporary hospital for the injured.
Relief committees are being organized
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